Shower spray head with divbrter



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SHOWER SPRAY HEAD WITH DIVERTER Filed May 15, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l ,0 I =i5 j k9 INVENTOR 501 OMO/V Pow);

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SHOWER SPRAY HEAD WITH DIVERTER Filed May 15, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORN EY Patented June 16, 1942 tries 4 Claims.

This invention relates to shower spray head with diverter.

It is well known that after a shower is adjusted to get the right temperature and a person taking the shower is wet, the water must be shut off to permit soaping and then the water has to be turned on and the temperature adjusted all over again which is difi'lcult, particularly when the person is all soaped up. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a shower head with diverter of the character described, so constructed that the person may regulate the temperature and may then divert the water to one side while soaping up so that after the person is all soaped up, he may again turn the Water back to the spray head, so that the shower may be resumed without necessity for again regulating the temperature of the water.

A further object of this invention is to provide a spray head provided with mechanism to divert the water from the spray head, thereby making it unnecessary to shut ofi the supply of water until the shower bath is completed.

Thus, with the present invention it is possible for the user to adjust the blend of hot and cold water to the desired temperature at the beginning of the shower bath and thus eliminate the necessity for any further adjustments of the temperature of the blended flow of water.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a device in which the diverted water may be used to wet the soap, the diverted water furthermore serving to Wash the soap suds from the floor of the shower stall or bathtub, while the person is soaped up, thereby eliminating the dangerous hazard of slipping.

Yet a further object of the present invention is that the water may be blended while the water is diverted so that the person may stand under the spray head and blend the water to the right temperature without getting the spray of water.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a strong, rugged and durable construction of the character described, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate and yet practical and efficient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is an elevational, cross-sectional view of the spray head and diverter;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line lfi of Fig. l; and

Fig. 5 is a side elevational View of the device embodying the invention.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, H] designates shower apparatus embodying the invention. The same comprises a box or chamber l I having a bottom wall I2, a top wall [3, end walls l4 and side walls l5. Connected to the top wall I3 is a water inlet pipe i'l.

Connected to the bottom wall [2 are a pair of downwardly extending spaced nipples 2! and 22 projecting somewhat above said bottom wall. Connected to the nipple 2! is a shower spray head 23 of any suitable construction. Connected to the nipple 22 is an elbow fitting 2 having an arm extending to one side and connected thereto, is a pipe 25 projecting downwardly.

Extending from one side wall [5 toward the other, is a stud formed with a bore 3|. The other side wall It is formed with a packing gland 35, in which is rotatably mounted a horizontal axle 35. Said axle has mediately the ends thereof an enlarged shoulder 35a. At one end of the axle 36 is a portion 3? rotatably mounted within the bore 3!. The enlarged shoulder 35a is spaced from the stud 3t.

Mounted on the portion 31 of the axle 36 and between the stud 3i! and the shoulder 36a, is a lever 38 fixed to the axle for rotation therewith. On one arm of lever 38 is an enlarged head 39, and attached to the underside thereof, is a washer 46 adapted to be seated on the upper end of th nipple 2 l.

Thus, when the axle 36 is rotated in one direction, the head 39 cuts off water from the shower head. On the other arm of the lever 38 is a head 42, to the underside of which is attached a washer 43 adapted to close the upper end of nipple 22 when the axle is rotated in an opposite direction, to shut off the water from the nipple 22.

Fixed to the axle 3t and disposed outside of the box I I, is a lever provided with a pull chain 5| to permit oscillation of the lever in opposite directions.

It will now be understood that when a person gets into a shower stall or tub provided with the improved mechanism embodying the invention, the lever 5|] may be turned first to close the shower head, as shown in Fig. 1. In this posi tion, the water is diverted to one side. The user may then blend hot and cold water to obtain the desired temperature. While he is blending the water, the user is not standing in the shower, and therefore may blend the water with comfort, and not while standing under the shower.

When the water is at the right temperature, the chain 5| is pulled to close the water diverter and allow the water to go through said head. After the person is wet, the water may again be diverted to enable the user to soap up. During the soaping up operation, the water going down to the shower stall or bathtub cleans the soap suds to eliminate the danger of slipping. After the soaping operation, the lever 50 may again be rotated to shut the water off from the diverter and to let the water go through the shower head so that the person may finish the shower bath.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a de vice in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood thatall matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings'is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A device of the character described comprising a chamber, a water inlet connected to the top wall of the chamber, a shower head connected to the bottom wall of the chamber, a pipe connected to the bottom wall of the chamber and extending to one side thereof, a horizontal axle rotatably mounted on said chamber, a lever carried by said axle and within said chamber having a pair of arms, means on one of said arms to shut off water from the shower head, upon rotating the lever in one direction, and means on another arm of said lever to shut ofi water from said pipe upon rotating said lever in an opposite direction.

2. A device of the character described comprising a chamber, a water inlet connected to the top wall of the chamber, a shower head connected to the bottom wall of the chamber, a pipe connected to the bottom wall of the chamber and extending to one side thereof, a horizontal axle rotatably mounted on said chamber, a lever on said axle and within said chamber having a pair of arms, means on one of said arms to shut off water from the shower head, upon rotating the lever in one direction, means on another arm of said lever to shut off water from said pipe upon rotating said lever in an opposite direction, and means on the outside of said chamber to rotate said axle in opposite directions.

3. An article of the character described comprising a chamber having a top wall and a bottom wall, an inlet pipe connected to the top wall, a shower head connected to the bottom wall, an elbow connected to the bottom wall and extending to one side thereof, a pipe connected to the elbow, and having a portion extending vertically downward, and means for simultaneously closing the shower head and opening the elbow and vice versa.

4. An article of the character described comprising a chamber having a top wall and a bottom wall, an inlet pipe connected to the top wall, a pair of nipples connected to the bottom wall, a shower head connected to one nipple, an elbow connected to the other nipple and having an arm extending to one side, a pipe connected to said elbow and having a portion extending vertically downwardly, said chamber having side walls, a stud extending from one side wall toward the other and formed with an axial bore, an axle journalled in the other side wall and in said bore, a lever fixed to said axle and having enlarged heads, washers attached to the undersides of said heads, one head being adapted to close one nipple, while the other nipple is uncovered, and the other head being adapted to close the other nipple, while the first nipple is uncovered.

SOLOMON ROYAL. 

